Soumya Sarkar is a Bangladeshi international cricketer, who plays for the Bangladesh national cricket team since 2014. He plays for all formats of the game and represents South Zone team of Bangladesh in domestic circuit. Apart from List-A, and first-class cricket, Soumya Sarkar also plays for BPL, NCL, DPL, etc. franchises for different teams.

He is an all-rounder; who plays as a left-handed batsman, and a right-arm medium-fast bowler in the team. He has played for the Under-19 team of Bangladesh in Under-19 Cricket World Cup in both 2010 and 2012 tournaments. In a 2012 U-19 World Cup match, he ran out the noted Australian batsman Jimmy Peirson and came into the limelight instantly. After this, he got a call for the national cricket team of Bangladesh in 2013 for T20 squad and then, made his international debut in 2014 through an ODI match.

He made his T20I as well as Test debut consecutively in April 2015 and became a permanent member of the national team since then. Unfortunately, he has a poor rank in T20I formats than the rest two meadows with a lower average rate of 20. However, his rate consistency is better in ODI format and that rewards him with the selection in the squad for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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